MONDAY MAY 28
memorial day. Everyone is out at barbecues and little parties and shit. Not me. I didn't do shit today. I crave the days off, but I then yearn for the grind. Guess the Grind is where I do best. Saddling up for tomorrow....
soreness report: quads, glutes, hips, traps, a little tri and shoulders. Good. (good in the sense that it means I hit the bodyparts I wanted to hit hardest... quads and upper back)
cardio: 40 minute walk at noon. Very fast pace, very hard due to waste product buildup (soreness) in legs.
grip: RT 144lbs 5 singles per hand (doing the Justa thing. 5lbs or so a week progression. 200lbs is the current goal)
more cardio: circuit of band stuff (GMs, pullaparts, presses) immediately after the grip work. just to finish off and try different stuff
Cardio II: another 40-minute walk at 4:50 PM
diet: good.
I will start meticulously recording my diet again starting tomorrow. Depending on Kickball shenanigans, I will vary the intensity of the cheat day Saturday (which will now be a post-cardio meal... heh.)
Now for a dilema:
last 6 weeks or so I've been doing bent rows after the squats and bench. While I like the bent rows, they may have run their course. They don't hit my lats so much, but my lower and mid back (thoracic spinal erectors) seem to take more of the pounding. I dunno....
On second thought I'll leave em in. If I think I need more erector stress I'll throw it back on the rack and do a set of GM's, trying not to bend my knees as much.
You know, it's damn hard to keep plugging away at shit for months on end that you KNOW will make you stronger. You want to change, but you shouldn't. I should change my view to black-and-white, that way no grass will be greener on any side of any fence!
soreness report: quads, glutes, hips, traps, a little tri and shoulders. Good. (good in the sense that it means I hit the bodyparts I wanted to hit hardest... quads and upper back)
cardio: 40 minute walk at noon. Very fast pace, very hard due to waste product buildup (soreness) in legs.
grip: RT 144lbs 5 singles per hand (doing the Justa thing. 5lbs or so a week progression. 200lbs is the current goal)
more cardio: circuit of band stuff (GMs, pullaparts, presses) immediately after the grip work. just to finish off and try different stuff
Cardio II: another 40-minute walk at 4:50 PM
diet: good.
I will start meticulously recording my diet again starting tomorrow. Depending on Kickball shenanigans, I will vary the intensity of the cheat day Saturday (which will now be a post-cardio meal... heh.)
Now for a dilema:
last 6 weeks or so I've been doing bent rows after the squats and bench. While I like the bent rows, they may have run their course. They don't hit my lats so much, but my lower and mid back (thoracic spinal erectors) seem to take more of the pounding. I dunno....
On second thought I'll leave em in. If I think I need more erector stress I'll throw it back on the rack and do a set of GM's, trying not to bend my knees as much.
You know, it's damn hard to keep plugging away at shit for months on end that you KNOW will make you stronger. You want to change, but you shouldn't. I should change my view to black-and-white, that way no grass will be greener on any side of any fence!
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8:49 PM
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